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Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts

Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis and management of fetal and neonatal tumors, including sacrococcygeal teratoma, epidermoid cysts, and congenital high airway obstruction syndrome. It covers topics such as fetal surgery, intrapartum treatment, MRI imaging, and anesthesia management for pediatric tumors.

  • Fetal Surgery
  • Teratomas
  • Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
  • Intrapartum Treatment
  • Epidermoid Cysts
  • Neonatal Tumors
  • Congenital High Airway Obstruction Syndrome
  • MRI Imaging
  • Anesthesia Management
  • Pediatric Tumors
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (462 and 412 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 462 works
  2. 2 India 412 works
  3. 3 China 330 works
  4. 4 Japan 156 works
  5. 5 Brazil 81 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 80 works
  7. 7 Italy 79 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 71 works
  9. 9 Spain 61 works
  10. 10 Morocco 60 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 25.8%India: 23.0%China: 18.4%Japan: 8.7%6 others listed: 24.1%26%largest
United States462 · 25.8%India412 · 23.0%China330 · 18.4%Japan156 · 8.7%6 others listed432 · 24.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts research, followed by Capital Medical University and Mayo Clinic.

Who are the leading researchers in Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts include Ewout Willem Steyerberg.

  1. 1 Ewout Willem Steyerberg Netherlands 171k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts?

The most cited paper in Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts is "Activating Mutations of the Stimulatory G Protein in the McCune–Albright Syndrome" (Lee Scott Weinstein, Andrew Shenker, Pablo V. Gejman et al., 1991), with 1,716 citations. Next come "The Third Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study." (1,013) and "Retroperitoneal Soft-Tissue Sarcoma" (879).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Activating Mutations of the Stimulatory G Protein in the McCune–Albright Syndrome Lee Scott Weinstein, Andrew Shenker, Pablo V. Gejman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 12 Dec 1991 1,716
2 The Third Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study. W M Crist, E. A. Gehan, A H Ragab et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Mar 1995 1,013
3 Retroperitoneal Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Jonathan J. Lewis, Denis H. Y. Leung, James M. Woodruff et al. · Annals of Surgery Open access Sep 1998 879
4 Intracranial germ-cell tumors: natural history and pathogenesis Mark T. Jennings, Rebecca Sue Gelman, Fred H. Hochberg · Journal of neurosurgery Aug 1985 852
5 Subtypes of medulloblastoma have distinct developmental origins Paul Gibson et al. · Nature Open access Dec 2010 848
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Where is Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts research done?

The largest centres of Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Tokyo (Japan) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 53 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 48 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 30 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 27 works
  5. 5 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 27 works
  6. 6 MumbaiIndia 26 works
  7. 7 IstanbulTürkiye 25 works
  8. 8 TehranIran 24 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 23 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 22 works
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Where is the best place to study Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts?

Among universities, judged by research, Baylor College of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Capital Medical University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 15.62%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Baylor College of Me…Harvard UniversityCapital Medical Univ…All India Institute …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 60.527.0%10.3×12 -12.4%
2All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 56.15.1%18.3×48 +44.6%
3Capital Medical UniversityChina 53.914.5%7.8×20 +28.0%
4Harvard UniversityUnited States 51.124.3%1.8×13 -38.8%
5University of TorontoCanada 51.116.0%2.0×10 +49.1%
6Peking UniversityChina 41.718.9%1.8×9 +59.7%
7The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 39.112.2%3.5×10 +25.9%
8Zhejiang UniversityChina 37.815.8%1.9×12 +9.7%
9King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 31.58.7%3.6×8 +13.7%
10Sichuan UniversityChina 31.013.7%2.4×13 -6.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts, country by country

Is Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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